Angie and Jonch (known as J), both from Texas, say swinging strengthened their twenty-five-year long marriage and is one of the reasons for their happiness.

Angie, 41, who works in auditing, said: “When we began on this journey two decades ago, we were new parents and we were so monogamous. We didn’t even know that swinging was a possibility.

“But as soon as we joined ‘the lifestyle’, it helped J and I to communicate more openly than we ever had before and it got us out of the house too. We started meeting new people and making great friends.

“It’s improved our lives, personally, socially as well as sexually.

“If we hadn’t started swinging, Jand I might still have been together twenty five years later – but I don’t think we would have been as happy as we are now as a couple.”

J, 42, who works in a factory, added: “Swinging makes you realise that your sex life is so important as a couple. Before we opened up our relationship, we were just focused on getting the bills paid, taking care of our kids and the everyday minutiae of life.

J – who has a twenty-five-year-old son and a twenty-year-old daughter with Angie – explained: “For the most part, we are your normal average married couple. Two kids, two full time jobs, nice house in the suburbs. No one would ever suspect our 'alternative lifestyle' activities.

“But our daughter can see how much happier we are than most husband and wives. She chats to us about the lifestyle and helps us with our outfits for swingers events.

“Angie and I started our podcast because we were recording our own conversations in which we worked through our emotions about swinging. It was very cathartic for us but we thought it would help other couples who were addressing the same issues too.”

Angie and J met when they were teenagers in Ohio. The pair married after a year of dating and had kids shortly after.

But it wasn’t until they were 21-years-old that they had their first sexual encounter with another married couple called Amy* and Phil*.

“We all got naked and starting daring each other to do sexual things with the other couple. Before we knew it, the four of us were in the bedroom together”

But the incident became overwhelming for Angie who began crying and J decided to stop things going any further with Amy and Phil. However the pair couldn’t deny that they had been turned on by their experience with another couple.

J explained: “We are all messing around in the bedroom and Amy moaned my name. Angie freaked out and ran out of the room in tears.

“I immediately chased after Angie and found her weeping in the shower - she was ashamed about what had happened. I made sure she was OK before asking Amy and Phil to leave.”

Angie continued: “But after they left, J and I ended up having amazing sex all night. Although, I had initially felt guilty about our encounter with Phil and Amy – I was turned on by it and I wanted it to happen again.”

A year later, Angie and J decided they were ready to play with Amy and Phil again – and they did a wife swap in the same room.

For the next five years, Angie and J had a sexual relationship with them - until the pair decided to divorce after it emerged that Amy had been unfaithful to Phil.

J explained: “We talked to Phil and Amy about getting together again and went for it. There was some nervousness because you don’t know how you’re going to feel about seeing another man have sex with your wife.

“But once I saw Angie straddle Phil, it really turned me on and I knew I felt great about it. For the next five years, we continued to have sex with Phil and Amy every few months until their marriage broke down.”

Angie continued to struggle with her emotions and guilt about swinging. But over time, she learned more about the lifestyle and the wider community.

By 2005, Angie and J were ready to give the swinging lifestyle another shot. They embarked on a sexual relationship with another couple for seven months and then started going to swingers clubs together.

Angie said: “I did feel guilty and ashamed of myself and my desires for a long time. I thought I was being unfaithful to J and that I wasn’t being a ‘good woman’. It’s hard to get over the mentality that women are taught to have when they’re growing up.

“But going to lifestyle clubs made me realize that swingers were just like us. There’s so many out there.

“J and I had been happily married for years now and I didn’t feel like I was cheating anymore. I wasn’t scared to live out my fantasies anymore and be myself.”